Rail chair and fastening.



L. R. GARRARD. RAIL CHAIR AND FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED P319, 1909.

Patented May 18, 1909 Leeward ar-r0221. I fl4- new mWMW Improvements in Rail Chairs and Fasteiv UNITED. snares PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD R. GARRARD, 0F SHERIDAN, MISSOURI nan. 01mm aim ms'rnmno.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD R. GARRARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sheridan, in the county of Viorth and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful in s, of which the following is'a specification. lhis invention relates'to rail chairs or seats and fastenings, the object of the invention being to provide a simple; effective and inexpensive construction of support and fastenin for rails, whereby the rails may be uick y, firmly and conveniently fastened to t e ties and as easil released when it is desired to replace an 0 d rail with a new one.

' A further object of the invention is to provide a rail seat and fastener the permanent portions of which may be a iplied to the ties efore the latter are laid, thus securing greater convenience and economy in the application of such portions for use, and also to provide a construction whereby the use of angular spikes or other fastenings liable to split a wooden tie is avoided.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view showing the a phcation of t 1e invention to a tie and rail. 1g. 2 is a perspective view showing the parts of the invention separated.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a tie, which may be of either wood or metal, and 2 a rail secured thereto by my invention.

The improved rail chair or seat and fastening constituting my invention comprises a base or bed )late 3, which may be integral with a metallic tie, or bolted or otherwise suitably fastened to a wooden tie by fastenings of a character not liable to split the tie. This plate is coextensive in length with the width of the tie, and carries a centrally disposed chair or seat plate 4, secured thereto y belts or other suitable fastenings 5, which may also pass downward through the tie and serve as additional means for securing the bed plate thereto. The side edges of this rail seat plate are provided with outwardly extendi flanges 6 overlying the bed plate to rovi interveniniegrooves 7.

ounted upon the d plate on o posite sides of and 111 s aced relation to t 6 seat plate are keeper p ates 8, which are identical Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 9,

'the seat plate and keeper Patented May 18, 1909- 1909. Serial No. 476,981.

in construction, each being provided at its inner edge with a flange 9 arranged in alinement with. the flange on the adjacent edge of the seat plate and above the bed plate to pro vide a longitudinal groove 10 dis osed opposite the adjoining groove 7. These keeper plates are secured to the bed plate by bolts 11, the threaded ends of which project upwardly through said keeper plates and are provided with clamping nuts 12, the nuts thus being ex )osed to enable said plates to be removed when occasion requires. Openings 13 are formed in the keeper plates and register with corresponding openin not shown, in the bed plate, through \vhic openings round s )ikes or other fnstcnings may be passed and driven into a wooden tie to additionally fasten the parts thereto without liability of splitting the tie.

The plate 4 is of proper width to support the base of the rail 2, which rests thereon, the heads of the bolts 5 being preferably co untersunk below the top surface of said plate in order to adapt the rail to rest squarely in contact therewith. To fasten the rail in position upon the seat plate, a pair of clamping devices 14 are provided, which are in the form of plates adapted to la. over upon the opposite side flanges of the ase of the rail, as shown-in Fig. 1. The out-er longitudinal side edges of these clamping plates are providcd with depending ribs 15, said ribs being of T-form to engage the grooves 7 and 10 in the said plate and keeper plates and to provide inner and outer longitudinal grooves 16 in said ribs to receive the flanges 6 and 9 of said seat and keeper plates.

By this construction it will be understood that ,the clamping plates are ada ted to be ap lied and removed by sliding tiiein longitu inally into the receiving rooves between late from either side of the tie, and that when they are aslied in osition they will overlap the si e langes oi the base of the rail and clamp the latter against both longitudinal and lateral movement against the seat late.

The openings through which the bolts 1.] pass are preferably of a proper size to adapt the keeper plates to be s iftecl inwardly and outwari ly to a limited extent without effecting the bolts, so that after application of the clamps the keeper plates may be adjusted to increase the frictional enga ement between the walls of the grooves an the tongues or flan s. to revent an ossibilit of longitud al moi ement of lug clamp iind plates in use.

It will of course be understood that the seat plate may be formed integrally with the bed plate, and that other minor changes of this nature may be made without de arting from the s irit of the invention as de ined in the appen ed claims.

When the parts are a plied as above described, the rail will be irmly clamped, but by forcibly dislodging the rail clamps. it will be understood that the rail may be released for removal, so that a new rail may be readily and conveniently applied in place of an old one. By the use of fastenings which will not split a wooden tie, the bed plate may be fastened to-such a tie without weakening the latter in any articular. In praeticmthe bed plate and eeper lates may be secured I to the tie before the atter is laid, thus enabling the-permanent fixturesto be ap lied in the shops at slack periods, with resulting convenience and economy. The advantages of the device over the customary manner of sup orting and fastenmg rails Wlll thus be um erstood, and its other manifold advant es appreciated.

claim l. Rail sup orting and fastening means the bed plate and provided with flanges at their inner edges, a rail seat plate upon the bed late between said keeper plates and provided with similar flan es at its edges, said flanges forming on ercut receiving grooves between the edges of the plates, and clamping plates adapted to engage and hold the base of a rail against said seat plate and provided with ribs of proper form to fit within said grooves and receive said flanges.

2. Rail. supporting and fastening means comprising a bed late, a rail seat plate mounted upon the )ed late, keeper plates detachably secured to t e bed plate on opposite'sides of said seat plate and spaced therefrom, the adjacent edges of said plates being provided with projecting flanges forming underlying grooves, and clai'nping )lates l'or overla ming the base. of a rail to ho d the same against said seat plate, said clamping i plates being provided with depending T- I shaped tongues forming flanges to engage the aforesaid grooves and grooves to receive the aforesaid flanges on the seat and keeper plates.

In testimony whereof I alllx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD It. (lAltliAltl). W i tnessas B. 'l. GARRARD, A. M. 'lInnnLs. 

